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Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street is a american film of genre Documentary directed by Phil Ranstrom with Studs Terkel

Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street (2006)

Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street
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Length 1h30
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OriginUSA
Rating72% 3.609043.609043.609043.609043.60904

Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street is a 2006 documentary film that details the history of Chicago's Maxwell Street community, including the rise and fall of the Maxwell Street Market.

Phil Ranstrom produced, wrote, and directed the 90-minute film, which is narrated by actor Joe Mantegna.

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"Cheat You Fair" was the name of a store on Maxwell Street. According to director Phil Ranstrom, that name expressed "the spirit of bargaining that went on" at the store and in the street market that operated every Sunday until 1994.

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Studs Terkel
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